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Usually, you find that the rudest drivers in your state are from the largest cities, but a new report shows that that is not always the case.
We know everyone can get angry or impatient from time to time, but that does not justify rude driving. So, Insurify set out to find the city with the rudest drivers in each state.
Rude driving isn't referring to giving someone the finger or yelling at the car next to you; Insurify describes rude driving as:
"Having one or more of the following infractions on record: failure to yield violations (failure to yield the right of way, failure to yield to a pedestrian), failure to stop violations (failure to stop for a red light, school bus, or stop sign), improper backing, passing where prohibited, tailgating, street racing, and hit-and-runs."
To determine which cities in America have the rudest drivers, Insurify data analysts looked at drivers in 869 U.S. cities with "one or more rude violations on their driving record." Then, for each state, the city with the highest number of drivers with rude violations was deemed to have the rudest drivers in the state.
So, which Michigan city is said to have the rudest drivers?
Southfield.
With 27.89 per 1,000 residents cited for rude behavior in Southfield, the rude driver behavior is 36% higher than the state average.
At least Southfield isn't the No. 1 city in the U.S. with the rudest drivers. Here is what the report had to say about the city with the rudest drivers in America:
"The city with the rudest drivers in America is Rancho Cordova, California. As of 2021, an average of 65.37 per 1,000 drivers there has been cited at least once for rude behavior on the roads. The most common "rude" driving violations in the nation are failure to stop and failure to yield."
Click here to view the complete report.